Keller v. Mols

On January 17, 1980, Robert Keller, Richard Keller, Ralph Mols, Jr., and Richard Mols were engaged in a child’s game of floor hockey on the patio of the Mols’ residence. They were playing with a plastic puck, hockey sticks with plastic bottoms and plastic whiffle-ball bats. The object of the game was to propel the puck over the opponent’s goal by hitting it with the stick. While acting as goalie, Robert Keller was injured when the plastic puck struck him in the right eye. He was wearing no protective equipment.

Robert Keller instituted the present action by his mother and next friend, Judith…